(Reuters) –China has demanded the Philippines release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew seized in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday (May 7), the latest flare-up in the oil and gas-rich waters that are claimed wholly or in part by six nations. Philippine authorities said a maritime police patrol apprehended a Chinese fishing boat around 7 a.m. on Tuesday (2300 GMT May 6) off Half Moon Shoal in the Spratly Islands on the South China Sea. The boat has 11 crew and police found […]